Shoe polishing kit



United States Patent O SHOE POLISHING KIT Joseph W. Hill, Key West, Fla., assignor of fty percent to William I. Mettler, Mattoon, Ill.

Application October 18, 1954, Serial No. 462,777

4 Claims. (Cl. 15-258) This invention relates to new and useful improvements in shoe polishing kits of a generally similar nature to that constituting the subject matter of my copending application, Serial No. 343,897, filed March 23, 1953, on which the present invention constitutes an improvement.

An important object of the invention is to provide a shoe polishing kit of the character described which cornbines in a single device a buffer or polisher, a brush and an applicator or dauber.

Another very important object of the invention is to provide a combination kit of the aforementioned character comprising novel means for the storage of a can of shoe polish.

Other objects of the invention are to provide an improved shoe polishing kit of the character set forth which will be relatively simple in construction, durable, compact, light in weight, attractive in appearance and which may be produced at low cost.

All of the foregoing and still further objects and advantages of the invention will become apparent from a study of the following specification, taken in connection with the accompanying drawing wherein like characters of reference designate corresponding parts throughout the several views, and wherein:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the improved kit;

Figure 2 is a perspective view of the device with the dauber and polish can holder removed, showing the brush in open or operative position;

Figure 3 is a perspective view of the dauber and polish holder;

Figure 4 is a view in vertical longitudinal section, taken substantially on the line 4 4 of Figure 1;

Figure 5 is a View in transverse section through one end portion of the device, taken substantially on the line 5-5 of Figure 4; and

Figure 6 is a top plan view, illustrating the 'method of swinging and turning the brush.

Referring now to the drawing in detail, it will be seen that the embodiment of the present invention which has been illustrated comprises an elongated case of plastic or other suitable material which is designated generally by reference character 10. The case 10 includes a bottom 11, longitudinal side walls 12, a top portion or section 13 extending between said side walls, at an intermediate point, and end walls 14 and 15. The end wall 14 has formed in its upper portion, on the inner face thereof, a pair of recesses or sockets 16, the purpose of which will be presently set forth. In the upper portion thereof, the other end wall 15 has formed therein a similar recess or socket 17, the purpose of which will also be presently set forth.

Mounted on the top section 13 of the case 10 is a hinge 18. The hinge 18 includes a leaf 19 which is secured beneath the top section 13 of the case. The hinge 18 further comprises a leaf 20 on which the back 21 of a brush 22 is rotatably or swivelly secured, as at 23. The brush 22 further includes bristles 24 which are embedded in one face of the back 21.

2,808,606 Ice Patented 9ct 8 1957 Aixed to'the other face of the brush back 21 is a cover 25 for the case 10, said cover being of substantially the cross-sectional shape shown to advantage in Figure 5 of the drawing and including on its free end portion, laterally projecting lips or flanges 26 to facilitate opening and closing of said cover. The cover 25 further includes on its free end, a pair of detents 27 which are adapted to snap into the sockets 16 for releasably securing said cover in closed position on the case 10.

The other end portion of the case 10 is closed by a removable cover 27 comprising downwardly curved longitudinal marginal portions 28 having recesses 29 therein. The sidewalls 12 of thecase 10 are Vprovided with recesses 30 which are in registry with the recesses 29.

Projecting longitudinally from the inner end of the cover 27 is an integral tongue 31 which is engageable in a recess 32 provided thereforY inthe top section 13 of the case 10. As best seen in Figure 4 of the drawing, the tongue 31 terminates in a free end portion 33 of reduced thickness which is engageable under the top section 13 of the case 10. The other or outer end of the cover 27 `has `mounted Vthereon a detent 34 adapted to snap into the socket 17 forY removably securing the cover 27 in position on the case 10. a

An applicator or dauber 35 is secured beneath the tongue 31. Then, depending from the end portions of the cover 27 is a pair of resilient, inturned hooks 36. The hooks 36 are engageable beneath the usual bead 37 on the cover 38 of a polish can 39 for removably suspending said can beneath the cover 27. The hooks 36 and registering recesses 29 and 30 are sufficiently adjacent so that the polish can 39 with its cover 38 projects through the openings provided therefor in the side walls of the case by the registering recesses 29 and 30.

Mounted longitudinally beneath the bottom 11 of the case 10 is a polishing or bufling strip 40 of lambs wool or other suitable material. The buillng or polishing strip 40 is adhesively or otherwise suitably secured beneath the case.

It is thought that the manner in which the device is used will be readily apparent from a consideration of the foregoing. Briefly, to use the brush 22, the detents 27 are disengaged from the sockets 16 and said brush is swung upwardly to a vertical position relative to the case 10 on the hinge 18. As indicated by the arrows in Figure 6 of the drawing, the brush 22 is then rotated or turned degrees on its swivel mounting 23. The brush 22 is then swung downwardly to operative position, as shown in Figure 2 of the drawing and secured by again engaging the -detents 27 in the sockets 16. To use the polish in the can 39 and the dauber or applicator 35, the detent 34 is disengaged from the socket 17 and the outer end of the cover 27 is swung upwardly out of the case 11i. The cover 27 is then removed in an obvious manner by disengaging the end portion 33 of the tongue 31 from beneath the top section 13 of the case 10. The application and removal of the cover 27 may be facilitated by gripping the protruding peripheral portions of the polish can 39. The polish can 39 is then removed from the cover 27 and opened. The opened polish can may then be inserted in the case 10 which functions as a holder therefor, said can resting in the recesses 30. The dauber 35 may now be used, the cover 27 functioning as a handle therefor.

It is believed that the many advantages of a shoe polishing kit constructed in accordance with the present invention will be readily understood and although a preferred embodiment of the device is as illustrated and described, it is to be understood that changes in the details of construction and in the combination and arrangement of parts may be resorted to which will fall within the scope of the invention as claimed.

What is claimed is:

1. A shoe polishing kit comprising: an elongated case having an open end portion, said open end portion including side walls having recesses therein extending transversely therethrough, a' removable cover for theV open end portion of the case, opposed hooksv depending from the underside of the cover and engageable witha circular polish can at diametrically opposite points for sccuring said can beneath said cover, said recesses in the side walls being adjacent said hooks and accommodating the can when the cover is in'closed position on the case, and a dauber mounted on the cover.

2. A shoe polishingkit of the character described comprising: an elongated case having an open end portion, aY removable cover for the open end portion of the case, and means for removably securing a circular can of polish beneath the cover, vsaid case including side Walls having transversely aligned recesses therein extending therethrough and adjacent the cover for the reception of the peripheral portion of the polish can.

3` A shoe polishing kit of the character described comprising: an elongated case having an open end portion, said case further including longitudinal side Walls, a removable cover for the open end portion of the case,

and a pair of spaced, opposed hooks depending from the 2 underside of the cover for receiving a circular polish can therebetween for suspending said can beneath the cover,

2,808,606 ,f f f f 4 said cover and said side walls having registering recesses therein extending therethrough and defining transversely aligned openings adjacent the hooks accommodating the peripheral portions of the polish can.

4. A shoe polishing kit of the character described comprising: an elongated case including an open end portion7 said case further including longitudinal side Walls having transversely aligned recesses in the upper portions thereof extending therethrough, a removable cover for the open end portion of the case, means for releasably securing said cover in position on the case, a dauber on the cover, said cover constituting a handle for said dauber, andi means on the; underside of the cover for removably securing a circular shoe polish can beneath said cover, said cover having transversely aligned recesses therein extending therethrough and registering with the first named recesses and dening, in conjunction therewith, openings adjacent the second named means for the reception of diametrically opposite peripheral positions of thepolish can.

References Cited in the le of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 1,085,531 Boise Jan. 27, 1914 1,311,055 Delvaux July 22, 1919 2,738,537 Rotheraine Mar. 20, 1956 

